diff --git a/recipes-apps/images/sysmocom-bsc-image.bb b/recipes-apps/images/sysmocom-bsc-image.bb
index 0d3df23..cad29c0 100644
--- a/recipes-apps/images/sysmocom-bsc-image.bb
+++ b/recipes-apps/images/sysmocom-bsc-image.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 require sysmocom-image.inc
 
+IMAGE_INSTALL += "kernel-module-nls-iso8859-1 kernel-module-nls-cp437"
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = " "
+
 # This variant of the image will run osmo-bts and osmo-bsc
 activate_bsc() {
 	echo "NO_START=0" > ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/default/osmo-bsc